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Al-Hashr (The Exile)

Verse 5of 24

مَا قَطَعْتُم مِّن لِّينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَآئِمَةً عَلَىٰٓ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيُخْزِىَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allah and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.

Word-by-word meaning

مَاWhatever
قَطَعْتُمqaṭaʿtumyou cut down
مِّنminof
لِّينَةٍlīnatin(the) palm-trees
أَوْawor
تَرَكْتُمُوهَاtaraktumūhāyou left them
قَآئِمَةًqāimatanstanding
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أُصُولِهَاuṣūlihātheir roots
فَبِإِذْنِfabi-idh'niit (was) by the permission
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلِيُخْزِىَwaliyukh'ziyaand that He may disgrace
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Al-MadinahIbn `Abbas used to call this chapter, `Surah Bani An-Nadir.' Sa`id bin Mansur recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "I asked Ibn `Abbas about Surat Al-Hashr and he said, `It was revealed about Bani An-Nadir."' Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded it using another chain of narration from Ibn `Abbas. Al-Bukhari also recorded it from Abu `Awanah, from Abu Bishr from Sa`id bin Jubayr, who said, "I asked Ibn `Abbas, `Surat Al-Hashr' He said, `Surah Bani An-Nadir.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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